Knockdown table.



S. 0. THOMPSON.

KNOCKDOWN TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED 001225, 1912.

1,072,060. en ed Sept. 2, 1913.

COLUMBIA I'LANOGRAY'H co.. wAs 1111111111111 c STACY C. THOMPSON, 0FMANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

KNOCKDOWN TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Application filed October 25, 1912. Serial No. 727,813.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STACY C. THOMPSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Manistee, in the county ofManistee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Knockdown Tables; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to improvements in collapsible tables, the objectof the invention being to so construct the table that it may be readilycollapsed, and so that the table top will constitute a box or closurefor receiving and storing the other parts of the collapsed structure.

A further object is to so construct a collapsible table that it can beeasily and quickly assembled and so that it can be readily stored incompact form.

l/Vith these objects in view, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter setforth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tableembodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view; Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of thebox top, and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detail views.

1 represents a base comprising horizontally disposed legs 2 which areprovided centrally with notches 3 to permit the supporting legs to beinterlocked when they are disposed at right angles to each other, andeach supporting leg is provided at its respective ends with dependingportions, 4.

The base 1 supports a pedestal 5, the lower portion of which is providedwith slots 7 and said slots are made to communicate with each other. Thepedestal is placed on the center of the base 1 so that the legs thereofwill enter the slots 7 in the base of said pedestal and thus the legswill be tied together by the pedestal and the latter Wlll be eliectuallysecured to the base without necessity for the use of metallic fasteningmeans.

The pedestal is provided in its upper end with a plurality of notches orslots 8 for facilitating the removable attachment of a table top 9, thelatter being so constructed that it can be converted into a box toreceive the other parts of the structure for storing the same. The tablethus comprises two rectangular members 1010, each having side flanges11-12 and end flanges 13. The inner side flanges 11 of the twobox-members are connected by hinges 1 1, and said flanges 11 areprovided centrally between their ends, with notches 15 which aline witheach other when the box or table top is open. A removable cross bar orbrace 16 extends transversely through the box-members 10 and is providedat its center with a notch 17 for the accommodation of the flanges 11,the notched portion of said bar also entering the alined notches 15 insaid flanges 11. The table top may now be placed upon the pedestal, thecross bar or brace 16 entering two alining notches 8 at the upper end ofthe pedestal and the abutting flanges 11 of the two table top membersentering two of the other notches 8 in the top of the pedestal. In orderto insure rigidity of the connection between the pedestal and the tabletop, a plurality of cleats 18 are secured to the top members 10 inposition to receive the upper end of the pedestal between them.

It will be observed that when the parts are assembled, the box-like topof the table will be locked in its open position through its attachmentto the pedestal and that all the parts will be securely held in place,without the use of metallic fastening means. When various parts of thestructure shall have been separated, the legs constituting the baseportion; the pedestal and the cross bar or brace may be stored in thebox-like top and the latter closed.

The box-like top may be provided with a suitable handle to facilitatetransportation.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a knock-down table, the combination with a pedestal havingtransverse slots in its upper end, and means for supporting saidpedestal, of a box-like table top comprising two flanged members hingedtogether, the adjacent flanges of said members having notches, saidadjacent flanges adapted to enter the slotted upper end of the pedestal,and a cross bar extending transversely the table top members and havinga notch at its center, said cross bar adapted to enter the slotted upperend of the pedestal.

2. In a knock-clown table, the combination notches, a notched cross barextending transversely of said table top members, said cross bar andadjacent flanges of the table top members adapted to enter the slottedupper 10 end of the pedestal, and cleats secured in the table topmembers in position t0 prevent lateral displacement of the table top onthe pedestal. In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification inthe presence of two subscrib- 15 F. H. STONE, JAMES L. SIBBEN.

ing Witnesses.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

